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The brain was normal, the cerebral convolutions small and compact, the fissures 

 deep. V. Steffal : Vysledek czaste^neho pitv^ni mrtvoly Frant. Palackeho. Czas lek, 

 czes. XVI, 1877, p. 169. 



44. Wright, Chauncey (1830-1875), American philosophical writer (Cornell col- 

 lection). This brain was first described by Thomas Dwight. Mi*. Wright is said to 

 have been a man of very varied acquirements, a proficient in physics and mathematics, 

 and what may be called a general critic. He was considei'ed an instance of very ex- 

 ceptional mental power. He was of rather large frame, with a large head and a high 

 forehead. Mention is made by Professor Wilder, to whom the brain was subsequently 

 loaned for further examination, of Wright's mental and physical deliberateness. The 

 brain is remarkable in many ways. In the first place, "the simplicity of the fissures 

 and the width and flatness of the gyres are paralleled in the Cornell collection only in 

 the much smaller brain of an unknown mulatto" (Wilder). Secondly, the central 

 fissures (both sides) are interrupted by isthmuses at about the junction of the middle 

 and dorsal thirds. The brain weighed 53 i ounces (1516 grams). T. Dwight: Amer. 

 Acad, of Arts and Sciences; Proceedings, XIII, 1877, pp. 210-215. B. G. Wilder: 

 Jour. Nerv. and Mental Diseases, XVII, pp. 753-754. B. G. Wilder : Amer. Neurol. 

 Assoc. Trans., 1890. B. G. Wilder: Ref. Handbook of the Med. Sci. (Buck's), 1890. 

 VIII, p. 158; IX, p. 108. B. G. Wilder: Proc. Assoc. Amer. Anat., 1896. B. G. 

 Wilder: Ref Handbook of the Med. Sci., 1901, II. 



45. Asseline, Louis (1829-1878), French jurist and journalist (Paris collection). 

 The brain-weight is reported by Thulie as 1468 grams, immediately after removal. 

 The paroccipital gyres are depressed, notably on the right side, so that the occipital 

 fissure is confiuent with the paroccipital at considerable depth. In general, the cere- 

 brum is fairly well convoluted, but the frontal lobes, though massive, are less fissured 

 than usual. Broca said of it : " Ce n'est pas un cerveau fin ; les circonvolutions sont 

 epaisses, presque grossieres." The subfrontal gyres are of medium size. The descrip- 

 tion of this brain drew forth a rabid denunciation of the aims and purposes of the 

 "societe mutuelle d'autopsie" by a certain M. Foley. Messrs. Dally and Topinard 

 made vigorous reply. Thulie : Bull, de la soc. d'anthrop. de Paris, 1878, p. 161 ; ibid., 

 1880, p. 239. Duval, Chudzinski and Herv6 : ibid., 1883, pp. 260-274. Broca: ibid., 

 1883, p. 26. Foley, Dally, Topinard (discussion) : ibid., 1883, p. 274. 



46. Aylett, Philip A. American physician, a well-known blind physician 

 whose remai'kable memory served to make him a celebrated quiz-master for medical 

 students. He died in the Presbyterian Hospital of New York, at the age of 58, on 

 October 5, 1878. His brain weighed 52 ounces (1474 grams). 



47. Huber, Johannes (1830-1879), German Philosopher (Munich collection). 



